Devon Price, PhD, is a social psychologist, professor, author, and proud Autistic person. His research has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and the Journal of Positive Psychology. Devon’s writing has appeared in outlets such as the Financial Times, HuffPost, Slate, Jacobin, Business Insider, LitHub, and on PBS and NPR. He lives in Chicago, where he serves as an assistant professor at Loyola University Chicago’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
“Unmasking Autism is at once a most deeply personal and scholarly
account of the damage caused by autistic (and all) people leading
masked lives, and how unmasking is essential to creating a
self-determined, authentic life. It provides a unique and revealing
perspective on the sensory and social-cognitive experience of
autism. It provides practical guidance and exercises for
neurodivergent people to learn to be comfortable in their own skin
and dramatically change their own lives, and it details the
necessary changes that society needs to make to honor
neurodiversity. This is a remarkable work that will stand at the
forefront of the neurodiversity movement.”—Barry M. Prizant, PhD,
CCC-SLP, Visiting Scholar, Brown University, author of Uniquely
Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism
“Reading this felt like being at home—I didn’t realize how much I
masked. What an incredible book that I know will be re-read many
times over.”—Dr. Camilla Pang, author of An Outsider’s Guide to
Humans
“Price’s accessible and compassionate writing shines, and readers
will feel encouraged to embrace a new understanding of themselves.
Its potential to help masked autistic adults, especially those from
systemically marginalized backgrounds, makes this book essential
for most collections.”—Library Journal (starred review)
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